Archive for January 28th, 2014

In this Dec. 17, 2013 photo, David’s Bridal senior vice president Michele von Plato, right, arranges a dress on a plus-size mannequin in New York. David’s Bridal, the nation’s largest bridal chain, started changing its fit mannequins used to create...

This March 2007 file photo provided by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shows a male lesser prairie chicken in a mating stature in the Texas panhandle. (AP Photo) Local officials and the oil industry are cautious about a new deal offered recently by...

Chaves County may see a return of some $2.8 million in funding that it receives each year from the federal government to offset losses in property taxes for federal lands within its borders. The Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding was included in a...

State Rep. Bob Wooley, R-Dist. 66, will introduce a bill today in the state Legislature that, if passed this session, would cut sales tax on commercial and military aircraft sales and services. The move could deliver an economic boost for Roswell and Chaves...

Assistance with applications for Centennial Care, formerly known as Medicaid, will be available 1-4 p.m. today at the Roswell J.O.Y Center, 1822 N. Montana Ave. Assistance will also be available at 9-3 p.m. Thursday at the Hagerman J.O.Y. Center, 505 Argyle...

Larceny • An officer was dispatched Monday morning in response to $100 in pennies reportedly being stolen from the Roswell district office of the New Mexico Public Defender Department. The pennies were kept in a jar, which had been taken. • An officer was...

Virginia “Kitty” Mae Maxwell peacefully went to be with the Lord on Jan. 12, 2014, in Chandler, Ariz., where she had moved to be with family in 2010. Mrs. Maxwell will be interred with her husband at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, at some time in the...

Theresa O’Shea, 57, of Littlefield, passed away Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, in Littlefield. She was born Nov. 18, 1956, in Chickasha, Okla., to Evert and Lucille Smith. Theresa attended and graduated from ENMU-Roswell, where she earned her doctorate degree in...

Bill Kistinger, 64, of Roswell, and formerly of Ruidoso passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, in Roswell. He was born Feb. 19, 1949, at Upland, Calif. to Margaret and Robert Kistinger. He moved to Ruidoso in 2002 from Upland, Calif. He is survived by his...